TEN The Testing of Your Faith

As the number and severity of trials continue to increase around the world, our encounter with these “tests of faith” can become grievous and challenging. It’s easy to fall prey to complaining, grumbling, and blaming. And then we question: Why are we being tested? If God were good, would He have allowed this? Is God still in control? 

Besides Christ, the Apostle Paul experienced more trials and “tests of faith” than anyone in the New Testament. Through those trials, Paul rose to unlock many of the Biblical secrets of how to think about these tests and how to overcome and obtain victory through them. 

In Teach Every Nation’s course The Testing of Your Faith, Bruce Wilkinson shares these Biblical secrets of God’s plan for our perfection. Beginning with a foundational passage in James, “Count it all joy when you fall into various trials,” Bruce leads us through Scripture, revealing life applications and power tools to become an Overcomer for Christ! Click here to view a preview of the course. 

Learning Objectives 

1. Define the main concepts in testing your faith.
2. Describe the purpose and patterns of tests of faith.
3. Recognise the stages in failure and how to respond to those stages. 
4. Determine what can test your faith and what can trigger unbelief. 
5. Discuss faith as a catalyst for life and apply the secret to being an overcomer of tests. 

Lesson Outlines